Kangaroos - Guardians of the Grasslands – [Hindi] – Infinity Stream

There are so many kinds of birds and animals that live here. If someone likes to be alone, then no one can live without their family group. If someone likes to hunt others, then someone likes to rely on trees to feed themselves. If someone is very serious, then someone is very happy. If someone walks fast, then someone walks slowly. Among all these wild animals, there is an animal because it does not walk, but jumps. Despite being large in size, it is good at hopping, and it looks very cute and innocent. It is a kangaroo. This unique animal is not only good at hopping, but its pouch also gives it a uniqueness. So why not know everything about kangaroos today that can help you understand it closely. Are kangaroos friendly animals or aggressive? Where do they live? Do they just jump and walk? What do they like to eat? Do they live in large groups? How do children grow up in a mother kangaroo's pouch? Do they also have enemies in the jungle? And we know a lot more about kangaroos in today's documentary. So let's start and know about the hopping kangaroo. A little closer, kangaroos are the national animal of Australia and they are mainly found in Australia. In a study, the reason for this is that they are more tolerant and adaptable. In fact, such species that originated in Asia, were more successful in tolerating and adjusting to Australia's climate conditions. That's why kangaroos started living mainly in Australia. And in this way, kangaroos and Australia became each other's identity. Kangaroos, known as fast movers and brilliant jumpers, belong to the macropodidae family. And the amazing thing is that there are many members in its family In addition to kangaroos, there are many members such as quokka, paddy melons, potoroo, honey possums, tree kangaroo, wolby and walrus. Because there are more than 45 species in this family, not only of kangaroo species, but also similar to it and sharing some features. These kangaroos and other family members are large marsupials, that is, they are mammals that keep their children in a pouch made of skin. They have muscular tails, strong back legs, short fur and long pointed ears, which is their identity. These marsupials, who live in Australia and Papua New Guinea, belong to a small group of animals called macropods. Do you know what macropod means? Bigfoot. Because most of the macropods have large high legs, i.e. back legs. Quokka, which lives in southwestern Australia, is a small marsupial of the size of a large cat. It is called the happiest animal on earth because its smile is so cute. On the other hand, the paddy melon short is a stocky marsupial, which looks like a small kangaroo and lives in the forests and island areas of Australia. Potoro, especially long-nosed potoro, is a rat-like animal found in Australia and Tasmania. But in reality, it is a small marsupial that jumps like a kangaroo and keeps its child in a pouch. And the honey possum living in southwestern Australia is also a small mouse-sized marsupial, which has an elongated snout, which fills its stomach with nectar from flowers. Speaking of tree kangaroos, the tree kangaroos living in the tropical rainforests of Queensland and New Guinea are the only members that live on trees. Now, if you know about the wallaroo and wallaby, then the wallaroos that look like kangaroos are actually smaller than kangaroos but larger than other species and live in eastern Australia. They are of three types, eastern wallaroo, black wallaroo and antelopean wallaroo. One of these antelopean wallaroos is also called antelopean kangaroo because it is more similar to a kangaroo than a wallaroo. While wallabies are animals that look like small kangaroos, which are smaller than wallaroos and are found in Australia and New Guinea. They are of many types, such as brush wallaby, scrub, swamp, forest and rock wallaby. Of all the members of the kangaroo family, wallaroo and wallabies are closely related to kangaroos. And the largest animals in this big marsupial family are kangaroos, whose three largest species are the most common. Red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo and western grey kangaroo. They are also called great kangaroos because they are larger than other members of their family group. So, the largest kangaroo of the three largest species of kangaroos is the red kangaroo. Because this orange-red kangaroo, which lives in the open fields of inland Australia, can be 2 meters or 6.6 feet long. And Roger has also been an excellent example of this. This red kangaroo, famous for its muscular physique, An average red kangaroo can jump at a speed of 70 km per hour for short distances. That's why it is called the fastest jumper in mammals. While the eastern grey kangaroo is called the heaviest kangaroo species because it lives in the open forests of eastern and southern Australia and Tasmania. The weight of this grey to brown fur kangaroo is up to 91 kg and the western grey kangaroo with brownish-grey fur is found in southern Australia. Western Victoria and coastal Western Australia are also found in this area. So, did you see how many different types of members there are in this family with three large kangaroo species? Do they know each other? Maybe not. But now we know about them. So, let's learn about the most common, most popular and iconic kangaroo. That is, about the common but impressive features of the large kangaroo species in a little more detail. So, the thing is that Australian native kangaroos live in many types of habitats, such as forests, woodlands, plains and savannah. It depends on the species of kangaroo which is a suitable habitat for them. Kangaroo is a secret animal which is admired for its strength, agility and adaptability. It is a powerful symbol in indigenous cultures. And the ability to jump for a long distance is seen as an inspiration. No matter how many obstacles come in life, they should jump over them and move ahead to achieve new heights. It is also associated with fertility and motherhood. And in some cultures, it is believed that kangaroos are spiritual connections between humans and the natural world. Kangaroo, which is known for its unique jump, has a very unique evolution journey. Because it is believed that millions of years ago, all macropods lived on trees. But over time, the ancestral species of kangaroos descended from the trees and settled on the ground. And started living there. As the grasslands expanded, kangaroos became more diverse than before. To live on the ground, they adopted new ways of walking, walking and jumping, which proved to be very efficient for them. And in this way, kangaroos started jumping on the ground. However, there is an exception to this. The tree kangaroo, which still lives on the tall branches of trees. It is also believed that the extinct large kangaroos did not just jump like today's large kangaroos. But they also walked on their two legs and four legs. But as Australia's climate became drier, it became necessary for the kangaroos to cover long distances to find food. And to complete these long journeys quickly, kangaroos learned the art of jumping over time. Which proved beneficial for them. Because hopping consumes less energy. And it is important for kangaroos to save their energy from being wasted. To run a four-legged animal at the same speed, kangaroos cover the same distance by hopping in less energy than they would in a four-legged animal. This means that kangaroos are very smart animals. They accept the changes that happen with time and make their lives comfortable. These tall animals are herbivores. They eat grass, flowers, leaves and bamboo to fill their stomachs. And like cows, they regurgitate their food. This means that they boil the digested food and chew it again until it is ready to be digested. Their highly specialized teeth know how to cut grass and shrubs and grind them well. They have a tube-shaped stomach. And in the process of food digestion, these animals do not release as much methane gas as cows do. They get a lot of water from the moisture of the vegetation. This is why they remain hydrated and can live without water for a long time. Their diet and digestion is very important for their survival. So, their strong and powerful body structure is also important to keep themselves protected while living in the jungle. So, what is the body structure of a kangaroo? It has short fur on the body of the world's largest marsupial. According to the species, A standing kangaroo can be 6 feet or more. And an adult kangaroo can weigh up to 35 to 90 kilograms. This species shows sexual dimorphism. That is, male kangaroos are larger and heavier than female kangaroos. Some species have a color difference. For kangaroos, there is a common name, but they also have different names. There are many of them. A female kangaroo is called a doe, flyer, and jill. A male is also called a bug boomer, jack, or old man. Their front legs are small, but their hind legs are very powerful and large. Because of this, they can jump up to 30 feet or 9 meters at a time. And they can travel more than 38 kilometers in an hour. Their front legs are like human hands, they have five fingers. And they are somewhat similar to a human hand. However, they do not have a thumb in their hands, and they are curved. These front legs are also called kangaroo hands. Because using them, kangaroos catch food. Similarly, kangaroos know how to use these hands properly. Research shows that kangaroos are left-handed because they mostly use this hand. In grooming and eating, their left hand is used. And they use their right hand when they need strength. Kangaroos have four fingers in their hind legs, but two of these fingers are attached to the paws. This kind of feature is called syndectly. With this unique feature, kangaroos who jump are such large animals that jump for speed. And they sweat during these jumps. The rest of the time, they do not sweat like us humans. Therefore, to regulate the temperature of their body and to feel cool in hot temperatures, they keep licking the body. This is their self-cooling system in which the moisture of their saliva cools the blood of the small vessels just below their skin. And kangaroos can feel cool even in hot summers. In hot weather, by removing the hot soil on the ground, they also know the digging technique to make a cool place to rest. They know how to stay cool in a hot climate. The tail of these smart animals is also very powerful and useful. This is an important body part of kangaroos, which is easy to misunderstand. Because kangaroos have a very strong muscular tail, which keeps the balance of the body while jumping. When kangaroos are not jumping, they keep their four legs on the ground. At this time, they use their tail like a fifth leg, which lifts the maximum weight of their body and also supports the body to move forward. Such a strong and large tail is a feature of kangaroos. But because of this tail and its large back feet, even if this animal wants to walk backwards, it cannot walk. That is, backward jump and walk are not possible for a kangaroo. So, one reason to show kangaroos on Australia's Coat of Arms is that Australia should be represented as a country that is always moving forward, not backward. Although it is impossible for a large kangaroo species to walk backwards, tree kangaroos can do this very easily. And these are the only members of the kangaroo family who can move backwards. Because this is how they climb trees. Now, although large kangaroos cannot climb trees, they are very good at swimming in water. If a hunter comes down in the water following them, they can face him and drown him in the water. They know how to save their lives very well. In addition to being good swimmers, kangaroos are also powerful kickers, each of which has a force of 759 pounds. This force is enough to break a person's bones. That is why it is better for humans to keep a distance from kangaroos. They have a small head, and their eyes are situated at a high position on their skull. And the eyes are protected by thick eyelashes. This kind of eye position gives them wide vision, with which they can immediately identify the hunters and take quick action to save them. Kangaroos have sharp eyesight, but they can only respond to moving objects. They have long, pointed ears, which are very easy to detect sound by moving in all directions. And their hearing capacity is also very good. Similarly, kangaroos have a very good sense of smell. And this kind of excellent eyesight, good sense of smell and large, flexible ears help kangaroos to stay safe while living in the jungle. With the help of these senses, kangaroos immediately detect danger. And as soon as they detect any kind of danger, they tap their hind legs hard on the ground. By doing this, they alert their group to the danger. They are concerned about their loved ones. After all, kangaroos are social animals, who like to live in large groups. There can be up to 100 members in a group of kangaroos. And this group is called mob, herd and troop. While living in this group, kangaroos like to groom each other. And they are also ready to protect each other from danger. For this, they have many ways of communication. For example, to tap their strong feet hard on the ground, or to call their child back to them while strolling around. Mother kangaroos make sounds like clicking and clucking. Hearing these sounds, the children run to their mother and hide in her pouch. Their sense of smell also works as a very strong communication. Because there are sand glands on many parts of their body, which secrete many types of pheromones. Through which their dominance is established. Territory is marked and it is also used to attract their mates. They rub their sand glands on places like this tree and rocks and mark their area so that they do not collide with each other. Every kangaroo's scent is unique and the scent of the dominant male is strong compared to other males. This is a signal for other males that it is better to stay away from this area of the dominant male. This scent also tells the kangaroo's gender, age and reproductive states. Therefore, it is an important factor for mate selection. Female kangaroos prefer to mate with the dominant male because their testosterone levels are very high, which is a sign of their genetic fitness. Generally, female kangaroos can breed at any time of the year. But in the eastern grey kangaroo species, breeding season is of spring and early summer. Kangaroos are sexually mature at the age of 2 years and this age may vary slightly according to their species and gender. Kangaroos are polygamous, that is, they have more than one mating partner. Generally, a male kangaroo mates with more than one female. And females often prefer mating with a single male. But to increase the chances of fertilization, it can also mate with more males. During the courtship of kangaroos, a boomer, i.e. a male kangaroo, does various activities, such as chest beating, tail wagging and the use of different sounds, so that it can tell its rivals that it is the strongest and also impress the female kangaroo. If another male challenges this dominant male at this time, there is bound to be a clash. And this clash takes the form of a boxing match, which is a clear display of physical strength and dominance. In this competition, male kangaroos can also have kicking and biting. The jaws of the kangaroo are very strong. One bite of it is more than six times stronger than the bite of a human. It is common to scratch and growl during a fight. In any case, they have to prove their strength. And what both male competitors do, is called a dominant male. And females also want to make it a mating partner. After mating with a suitable mating partner, a female kangaroo can give birth to children from 1 to 4 years after the next 21 to 38 days. However, it is very rare for four children to be born at the same time. Generally, only one child is born at a time. Kangaroo children are called joys, which is a very cute name. But father kangaroo has no hand in their care. All the responsibility is of the mother, who keeps her underdeveloped joys in a pouch made in her skin. This pouch gives protection to the child and an important environment for development. This pouch is also called marsupium and the milk needs of joys are fulfilled from the nipple present in it. A newborn joy is hairless and blind and its length is only up to one inch. The mother's pouch is their home for at least the next six months, in which they grow up, are friendly to the environment around them and when they grow up a little, they go out to roam around. And as soon as they feel a little danger, they run into the mother's pouch and enter. These joys also urinate and defecate while living in this house, that is, they make the house dirty and increase the mother's trouble. The amazing thing is that some part of this mess absorbs the lining of the pouch, but many times the mother kangaroo also has to get involved in its cleaning, for which it has to use its tongue. In this way, while living together, while doing mischief, the child shares a close bond with the mother. Sometimes the mother also scolds, sometimes scolds and gets involved in raising it. Even after coming out of the pouch, a joy is dependent on the mother for food until the age of about one and a half years. If during this procedure to grow a child, the female kangaroo gets pregnant again, then it can stop the growth of that embryo, that is, the foetus. This is called embryonic diapause. When a child grows up and leaves the pouch, then the mother kangaroo's body can give hormonal signals and can promote the development of that embryo. And in this way, the embryo can develop and take birth in the form of new joys. And the mother kangaroo can grow while living in the vacant pouch. However, in western grey kangaroo, this embryonic diapause state is not found. Mother kangaroo has one more unique power that it can produce two different types of milk, one of which can give nutrition to a newborn, the other to a few children and siblings. When there are full resources around, then the female gives birth to the child every year. But in difficult situations such as lack of food, she does not conceive. And if the conditions are favourable, then continuing the pregnancy is also in the hands of a female kangaroo. Where a female kid gets sexually matured in 14 to 20 months, while a male kid takes 24 to 48 months to mature. This is a strong bond between a mother kangaroo and her children. And this mother tries her best to keep her children protected. But many times when she encounters wild dogs, that is, dingoes, then to save her life, the child can fall down from the pouch of the fleeing female kangaroo. And then it is possible that the hunter can make the same child his prey. However, research shows that there are many kangaroo mothers who, after getting rid of the hunter, return to find their child again at the place where his child had fallen from the pouch. But it has also been seen that in a situation where the hunter is never able to get rid of him, a kangaroo mother can throw her child in front of the hunter. This sounds very cruel, but the reason for this is believed to be that the mother kangaroo needs to stay alive to take care of her other children. And that's why she thinks it's right to sacrifice one child to save the lives of many children. Now, at that time, what would be the state of the mother's heart and what would be the real reason behind it? Only she can know this in a better way. And then how to deal with the struggles and challenges of her life, only she knows this. By the way, while living in their natural environment, kangaroos also have to face challenges such as hunger, drought, and high temperatures. But they know how to deal with them. If they don't know anything, then it is to protect themselves from the dangers of humans. Because kangaroos may not feel a close connection with humans, but they don't even consider humans their enemies. Still, if humans become a threat to them, what should they do? Because humans hunt kangaroos for meat and skin, and in the areas of kangaroos, in their habitats, they do so much expansion and interference that it has become difficult for kangaroos to live in their own homes today. Not only that, dog attacks and car accidents have become a set part of kangaroos' life. To protect themselves from them, kangaroos try to behave aggressively so that the human-like danger stays away from them. And if needed, these animals, with their powerful kicks and biting force, can also tell you that even though you look calm, but to save their lives, they can also face you and can also teach you a lesson. Kangaroos, who face all these challenges and move forward in life, are the least concerned species which is a good thing. The lifespan of different species of kangaroos is 7 to 18 years, which seems very short. But their life challenges and struggles are quite high, so they still need help. And to maintain the balance of the ecosystem, there is also a species that contributes. It controls the overgrowth of plants and eats these seeds during grazing. After passing through their digestive system, they spread far and wide, which increases the growth of new plants. It is also a significant contributor to the Australian tourism industry because millions of visitors come to Australia every year to see these cute-looking large animals. So when they can give us so much, we also need to care for them. We need to come together to save them. And that's why World Kangaroo Day is held on October 24. Which is not only Australia's conservation effort, but has spread all over the world today. Because to help these peace-loving herbivores, awareness is spreading. It is important that we can always see these cute kangaroos who jump and jump, living their lives comfortably. So you also help us. And I, Ruby Parikh, will meet you very soon with some more such documentaries. Until then, keep sharing your love and support in the comment section. Thank you.